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Letter from E. Engel, Schiff, and Cummings to Pompeo re: Subpoena Whistleblower Complaint on Ukraine (Kelly Smith, comp.) 1 (9/27/2019)

handle is hein.presidents/usgvtwht0046 and id is 1 raw text is: Jrvsgte , If the 3,1nifrtt September 27, 2019 The Honorable Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20230 Dear Mr. Secretary: Pursuant to the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry, we are hereby transmitting a subpoena that compels you to produce the documents set forth in the accompanying schedule by October 4, 2019. This subpoena is being issued by the Committee on Foreign Affairs after consultation with the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Oversight and Reform. The subpoenaed documents shall be part of the impeachment inquiry and shared among the Committees. Your failure or refusal to comply with the subpoena shall constitute evidence of obstruction of the House's impeachment inquiry. The Committees are investigating the extent to which President Trump jeopardized national security by pressing Ukraine to interfere with our 2020 election and by withholding security assistance provided by Congress to help Ukraine counter Russian aggression. On September 9, 2019, the Committees wrote to you requesting documents.' We asked you to produce these documents by September 16, 2019. You failed to comply with the Committees' request. On September 23, 2019, the Committees sent a follow-up letter advising that we would consider compulsory process if you continued to stonewall our request.2 We asked you to produce the requested documents by September 26. You again failed to comply. 'Letter from Chairman Eliot L. Engel, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Chairman Adam Schiff, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Chairman Elijah E. Cummings, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, to Secretary Mike Pompeo, Department of State (Sept. 9, 2019) (online at https:i/foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files/a/d/ad 1 e0561-2252-4f7c-97ad- f649db558c83/1 F587BDDA9087BEDDEE8D45A8F92C370.test.ele-schiff-cummings-letter-to-sec-pompeo-on- ukraine-002-.pdf). 2 Letter from Chairman Eliot L. Engel, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Chairman Adam Schiff, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Chairman Elijah E. Cummings, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, to Secretary Mike Pompeo, Department of State (Sept. 23, 2019) (online at https:/ioversight.housegov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files20 19-09- 23 .EEC%2OEngel%20Schiff%20to%20Pompeo-State%2Ore%20Ukraine~pdf). PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER